Stairway to Heaven: a forbidden path chosen by adventurous tourists (12 photos + 1 video)

Hawaii has Haiku Stairs, a favorite of adventurous tourists or "stairway to heaven". It was built in 1942 to lay a cable to US naval base. This hiking trail has been closed since 1987 for visitors, but the most desperate tourists still find ways sneak onto her.





Haiku - hiking trail or "Stairway to Heaven" from almost 4000 steps, which is located in Hawaii. The steps go up height of 850 meters above sea level, and beautiful ocean waters surrounding the island.. However, this trail is considered extremely dangerous, so the authorities officially closed it to the public back in 1987.



However, even the official ban did not stop amateurs adventurers who periodically pass the trail, finding illegal way to get to it. At the same time, they are not even afraid of arrest, which threatens this, and some damaged sections of the stairs where you can get injured. According to local authorities, in February of this year, the local the storm damaged some sections of the trail even more - so "now She is as dangerous as ever."





The authorities are still deciding how to stop tourists and what to do with dangerous stairs. They also talk about completely dismantle. The "defenders" of the trail, on the contrary, are in favor of She carried out the necessary work, and opened to the public.